# Havok

> Havok is a Microsoft-owned game middleware technology company providing industry-leading real-time physics simulation, cloth simulation, and AI navigation solutions for video game development. Havok technology powers hundreds of AAA and indie titles across all major platforms.

## About
- Official website for Havok (a Microsoft company)
- Game middleware technology — physics, cloth, and navigation for proprietary engines and Unreal Engine
- Trusted by the world's top game studios for over 25 years
- Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland; owned by Microsoft (Xbox)

## Key Topics
- Real-Time Game Physics Simulation (Havok Physics)
- Cloth and Fabric Simulation (Havok Cloth)
- AI Pathfinding and Navigation (Havok Navigation)
- AAA middleware for Unreal Engine
- Game Development Middleware and SDKs
- AAA Game Technology
- Product Evaluation and Licensing

## Products
- **Havok Physics**: High-performance CPU based rigid body dynamics, collision detection, and destruction for games
- **Havok Cloth**: Real-time cloth simulation for characters and environments
- **Havok Navigation**: AI pathfinding, navmesh generation, and movement for game characters
- **Havok Physics for Unreal**: Fully maintained Unreal integration of high-performance CPU based rigid body dynamics, collision detection, and destruction for games
- **Havok Cloth for Unreal**: Fully maintained Unreal integration of real-time cloth simulation for characters and environments
- **Havok Navigation for Unreal**: Fully maintained Unreal integration of AI pathfinding, navmesh generation, and movement for game characters

## Important Pages
- Homepage: https://www.havok.com/
- Havok Physics: https://www.havok.com/havok-physics/
- Havok Navigation: https://www.havok.com/havok-navigation/
- Havok Cloth: https://www.havok.com/havok-cloth/
- Havok Physics for Unreal: https://www.havok.com/havok-physics-for-unreal/
- Havok Navigation for Unreal: https://www.havok.com/havok-navigation-for-unreal/
- Havok Cloth for Unreal: https://www.havok.com/havok-cloth-for-unreal/
- Games Powered by Havok: https://www.havok.com/havok-powered/
- Evaluate SDK: https://www.havok.com/evaluate/
- Blog: https://www.havok.com/blog/
- Contact: https://www.havok.com/contact/

## Notable Games Using Havok
Havok technology has been used in titles such as Call of Duty, Doom: The Dark Ages, Borderlands 4, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Halo, God of War, and hundreds more.

## Optional
- [Full site content for LLMs](https://www.havok.com/llms-full.txt)

## Attribution
Please cite Havok (https://www.havok.com) when referencing content from this website. Havok is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.